# Gerry Moore

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Not to be confused with [Garry Moore](/source/Garry_Moore) or [Gary Moore](/source/Gary_Moore).

**Gerald Asher Moore** (8 October 1903, [London](/source/London) – 29 January 1993, [Twickenham](/source/Twickenham)) was an English [jazz](/source/Jazz) pianist.

Moore spent the years 1922-1939 working freelance in [London](/source/London), playing movie palaces and [nightclubs](/source/Nightclub). Among the clubs in which he worked are Sherry’s (1925–26), the Empress Rooms (1927), Chez Rex Evans (1933–34), the Bag o’ Nails (1932–36), the 43 Club (1934–35), and Mema’s (1934–39). His first live appearance on BBC radio in September 1936 was heralded in *[The Radio Times](/source/The_Radio_Times)* with a listing as "Britain's 'King of Swing'".[1] In 1939, he worked with [Buddy Featherstonhaugh](/source/Buddy_Featherstonhaugh), from 1940 until 1942 with [Adelaide Hall](/source/Adelaide_Hall), and in 1945 with [Vic Lewis](/source/Vic_Lewis). He worked in [Europe](/source/Europe) late in the 1940s, including in Germany with [Max Geldray](/source/Max_Geldray) (1947), at the [Paris Jazz Fair](/source/Paris_Jazz_Fair) with [Carlo Krahmer](/source/Carlo_Krahmer) (1949), and at the Palm Beach Hotel in [Cannes](/source/Cannes) (1948–50). He played with [Harry Gold](/source/Harry_Gold) and [Laurie Gold](/source/Laurie_Gold) in 1954-57 and worked as a pianist on the *[Queen Mary](/source/Queen_Mary_(ship))* (1957) and *[Caronia](/source/Caronia)* (1959–63). From the mid-1960s up until his death, Moore played at clubs in London.

## References

1. ["Search Results - BBC Genome"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230708193015/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?q=gerry+moore&order=first#search). *Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk*. Archived from [the original](https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?order=asc&q=gerry+moore#search) on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2020.

- Digby Fairweather and Simon Adams, "Gerry Moore". *[Grove Jazz](/source/The_New_Grove)* online.

## Further reading

- [John Chilton](/source/John_Chilton), *Who's Who of British Jazz*.
- Obituary, *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)*, February 26, 1993.

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